Nikah pics photo story.. about him and me.

Photos by Avicenna Studio
Bridal hand bouquet & Make up by Eleena Lamat
Song: Ari Lasso + Bunga Cinta Lestari — Aku dan Dirimu
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Personalise your envelopes with monogrammed wedding stamps

I didn’t get printed envelopes because I wanted to make my own. Slightly cheaper.

My previous post on the personalised stamp

Sales & purchase signed.. :D *relieved*

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha… I made Berry Trifle. Spend the morning in Seremban with in laws then went to my grandma’s house in Kuala Kubu Bharu.

My hubby with my niece

Finally showed my grandma the wedding album. My aunt bising that both of us haven’t visit her place yet thus our wedding gift is still at her home collecting dust. LOL

The day before Raya – we went to the lawyer’s office at Pandan Indah and signed the S&P as well as the loan agreement for the new house. Samantha – the girl from the lawyer’s office said that the house is almost 70% ready and the developer is pushing to finish it early — aiming mid next year.

So my dearest hubby hinting that maybe it’ll be ready in time for our 1st year anniversary. So hinting that no anniversary gift for me — becos I’ll be getting a big house as my present. I said no way…

And I told him he has 6 months to think about it *hint*hint*

Reception dress from Jalinan Mutiara

This pic is taken the first time I saw it. Boleh di katakan love at first sight.

Waktu tgh fitting.

On the day itself

Regarding this boutique the salesgirl teramat helpful though after fitting baju a bit loose. Baju I walaupun tak direquest minta baju baru – diorang bagi baju baru — happy sangat. Tapi still end up bigger than my body. Even after post fitting adjustment. Inner yang diorang bagi sungguh buruk so I end up tak pakai diorang punya. But bila tak pakai — the inner dress punya arm hole tu besar sangat so termat expose armpit — seksi seih. So I wore a short white cardigan dalam baju. All in all – ok jer.

Ada accident besar during my wedding photoshoot – I terpijak kain baju tu sampai terkoyak. So end up burn deposit and kena bayar extra ?RM 100 ke 200. Time tu I dapat tahu baju tu buat sekali = Rm1.8 K. Nasib baik diorang tak suruh bayar harga baju tu. Bankrupt!!!

Labuh sangat the dress – That’s why sampai terpijak. Plus, this girl not that used to wearing high heels.

I recommend the dress kat butik ni – I pick the cheapest package R,1.3 K yang include makeup and pelamin — but their makeup style sungguh kuno so I request no makeup. Pelamin package yang diorang bagi with the package pun tak lawa sangat. So I pick another design yang murah gak with artificial flowers. Kena top up RM200.

Hasilnya — pelamin yang teramat simple

Pic taken the night before the wedding.

Pakcik yang set up pelamin tu datang lambat sangat. I think they all finish set up pelamin 2 am the night before the wedding. Start pasang at 9 pm. My dad bengang sangat.

Eventhough semua family members I kata the pelamin was nice, I rasa terkilan sangat. The artificial flowers dia letak jarang-jarang and it does look too bare. Tapi bila teringat yang I did not pay that much for everything — I felt OK. Pujuk gak hati — kata nak save budget so do not want to splurge on the pelamin. And looking back — I realised tak banyak pun gambar tangkap atas pelamin. Grand semana pun pelamin tu — pakai satu hari jer kan. For pics saja pun. Yang penting for the wedding is afterall the nikah part and the makan part LOL.

Caterer yang I got for my wedding –was  jiran belakang rumah I — siap throw in free cake and arch. The lauk yang hidang hari tu pun sedap sangat. My non-malay frenz siap kata lagi first time makan daging dendeng — amat sedap. Tapi berhabis jugaklah my dad membayarnya — sayang abah…

I dah lupa dah nama group budak2 kompang ni. Tapi kat area rumah my parents memang diorang lah yang selalunya buat kompang.

Spice rack pujaan hati

DESU Design – 1-Line Spice Rack.

Ikea magnetic spice rack

JK Adams Revolving spice rack

Orbit 16 Jar Spice Rack

 

Good thing to give a newlywed… *wink wink*

Chocolates for doorgift?

20 – 22 November 2009 : Cadbury Warehouse Sale.

 

 

Saw this from shoppingsales blog — sesapa yang nak pakai coklat for doorgift – pergilah serbu cepat. LOL

Krabi honeymoon tips for Muslim tourist

Sabsabby emailed me for regarding honeymoon in Krabi recommendations. I think I might as well do a special post on it. Before going to Krabi – I asked for tips from my boss who already went and went to forums like malaysianbrides for tips. Also websites like 1stopkrabi and yourkrabi helped too.

nurul –For hotel that offer halal food – you can check it here or at here.

Wanna’s place — the food is good. That I can vouch for myself and hubby.

Sorry — gambar tak menjadi sangat.

The one that had nice reviews would be Aonang Princeville. This is a Muslim owned hotel. Other hotels that I hear good reviews would be Pakasai resort and Krabi La Playa. I also recommend the hotel that I stayed, The Small. If you want to stay in Krabi town there is Sripet hotel.

Or you can always do Muslim village homestay – tapi tak jadi macam honeymoon lah jawabnya.

My other Krabi entries

Go honeymoon

Krabi Honeymoon Part 1

Krabi Honeymoon Part 2

Krabi Honeymoon Part 3

Perfect Lifestyle Living 09′ in MVEC

My beloved ohanaya-san SMSed me on Friday – ” Hi baby – G** said at Mid Valley have a home & living exhibition this 3 days. Want to go?”
Obviously lah yes. Although his wife is very broke – teramat excited nak cuci mata tgk barang rumah. LOL. Rumah siap setahun lagi. Berangaan jer…The one that both hubby and me berkenan sangat is kitchen hood and hob from Fujioh

Initially I wanted Fagor because cheaper tapi my hubby insist – he said that Fujioh had better reputation, longer warranty, efficient and long lasting. But the price — teramatlah OHMYGAWD mahal… Rm3-4K untuk hob and hood combo. Lepas ni seriously kena rajin and peka if there’s any Fujioh warehouse sale or promotion. Tadi for CIMB members they offer RM2,988 for booth hood and hob. Very nice. I told hubby, for the house I am going to buy hood and hob first lepas tu baru buat kabinet dapur. I think for the kitchen cabinet lebih kurang RM10 k budget kena ada.

Hood and hob — plus minus kalau ada rezeki lebih — built in oven sekali — RM2.5 K — max RM3K.

Kena pasang grill rumah, kipas, wiring, pasang wall partition, lampu –> all in all RM6K kena ada.

Argghhh… lepas ni kena work hard to get more money so you can buy all the things I want. Am I right, hubby?

NI belum lagi kena simpan budget kalau end up dapat baby tengah-tengah tu…

Life after marriage is so complicated with new challenges which mainly involves money… Why???!!!

My official photo album by Avicenna studio

Pasal diah dah review dia punya, I think I should put up mine — I thought I wanted to wait for Fairuz hantar my framed pics — ada dua lagi ok still tak dapat lagi —before I do my review. I really had higher hopes for the album but the one I got — it was OK. My pelamin was under a green sky light awning so everything under it looked greenish. I already told my dad about it but he insisted the pics would turn out ok. When I first get the raw pics — almost all of the pics for the sanding was GREEEEN!!!! Really awful. Fairuz janji he will try edit it – I’d guess he (or his staff) have done his best. The colour for a lot of the pics still have this weird greenish tone. *sad*

On the day of the wedding – I was comfortable with Fairuz as he and my fren Leen went to the same school so they basically guide us two where to sit and how to pose. I like most of my pics with my grandma and hubby’s grandma. Sad as certain pics that I really liked did not end up in the official photobook. But it’s ok, I have my own photobook.

Personally – I prefered the official photo album quality *stiff as a board — hopefully would last long* but editing wise I preferred the one I did myself. I felt the editing a bit tangkap muat on pre-set templates.

I like how my nikah pics turn out though.

So on to the pics.

Pics quality a bit off  pasal ambik pakai handphone camera

For what I have paid — I think I am pretty satisfied. Although if I have the extra money and get married all over again to the same guy — I probably go for someone else. All in all — Fairuz done a good job for me. Though – I would have put a nicer review if only I have gotten my framed pics in time.

At the end of the day — it really depend on how much you can afford — and pray that the photographer you chose would deliver to your expectation.

I have read photographers complained regarding clients giving bad reviews online as bad for their business. Well, shouldn’t you strive to give all your best to your clients so none of them end up giving u bad reviews? By doing that — your reputations would spread by word of mouth and bring more customers in. Right? And do not compromise on quality. It is ok to get more clients but if it causes you to slack on the quality of your service — it’ll backfire at the end.

To tell the truth – almost all famous photographers have had bad reviews comments online — you just have to look for them. You will be very surprised to hear stories like there are photogs that instead of shooting a client’s wedding as promised — they sent a different person(?junior ?senior photog or someone else) instead. They overbook – do 2 weddings on the same day and came late to yours. Or they do not honour the package that they give during promotions. Late delivery of photo albums.

There have been also instances that the pics does not look as grand as the ones that was in the photographer portfolio despite you have paid the same expensive package. They would comment that normal people weddings *i.e non celebs or royalties* looked too ordinary in real life that it’ll take a miracle to make it grand in print. Do not ever accept that. Bad photogs — kalau bagi wedding siti nurhaliza pun would produce bad pics. On the other hand – if you are really as good as you say you were — you can turn a kampung wedding looked as grand as a hotel wedding in the pictures.

I always thought that 2 vendors would make or break a wedding — the photographer and the caterer. Without one — you will have nothing to remember it by. Without the other — it wouldn’t be a nice kenduri in the first place. So choose these two carefully ok.

Go honeymoon

People asked how did I get cheap Krabi honeymoon package. The secret — Air Asia Go Holiday

What I did was go online and Google the chepest flights to Krabi that I can find. My calculation lead me back to Air Asia. To simplify matters – I opted for go holiday package where the whole thing is bundled with the hotel stay so you get cheaper rates for  both hotel n flights.

Other way you can do to get cheap hotel rates is to use online site like Booking.com or PYOTravel.

For tour packages — I find it cheaper to buy it from local traders rather than arranging it online. Package like island tours etc — you can get a better deal by bargaining in person with the locals. BUT if you tak reti nak bargain or haggle — try to get your hotel ppl arrange for you. They are always willing to help.

For places like Bali and Phuket — try find out which spa that the local frequent to or the restaurants that the locals flock to. Usually – it is cheaper and better than the usual tourist digs.

Next year punya plan – I want to try arrange for a trip to australia on shoestring with hubby. But rasanya plan kena postpone pasal nak simpan duit for the house. I have millions of ideas for the new house from the kitchen to the living room to dining room.

Man – so excitednya. The loan for the house dah settle. Tinggal nak sign the sales and purchase agreement next week. Toodles.

Diah punya wedding pics izz gorgeous..

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Tergerak hati tgk avicenna punya facebook. fairuz dah upload Diah’s wedding pics. Thumbs up Fairuz… hehehe.. Aku hutang photographer review. Nanti pas ni I’ll post up one special entry on my wedding phtographer. And I want gambar frame aku. LOL

Amy- don’t worry. Fairuz sure will do ur pics cantik2 punya. Dah 2 blogger brides yang ambik Fairuz bagi thumbs up, urs sure be awesome jugak ok.

My favourite pic

Glitter up your wedding outfit with beads

Pics taken from Beadmeplease.blogspot

Beadings are simple ways to glamorize an otherwise simple outfits or plain white tudung. A good option if you do not want fancy cuttings for your nikah or engagement outfit. You can either learn to bead your tudung or selendang yourself or commission a tailor to do it.

Another method – you can use these iron on rhinestones or diamantes.

How to get it?

I found a seller on ebay

http://stores.shop.ebay.com.my/Fashion-Every-Day__W0QQ_armrsZ1QQ_fsubZ18178945

Or you could also get it at Jalan TAR or Jalan Masjid India. It is one of the smalle corner shops that sell Korean costume jewellery and brooches.

2nd trip to future house

Or at least the show house of my future house. Hubby wants to take pictures of the house. Being an engineer he proceed to take pictures of every light point, electrical point, wall and fixtures. I find it really cute.

Macam2 pose ada. Sorry hubby — kena gak letak kat blog. Luv u..

This is from his camera – me caught taking pictures of him taking pics.

Went with my mum too. I am trying to convince her and my dad to get a house in the same area. The place would be also near to my elder sister’s apartment (which will be ready by next year).

Our actual house is actually in the middle of the row behind the show house. Yes, the house is already up but not fully finished. Expected completion end of next year or the latest middle of 2011.

Already applied for loans, took out money from ASB for the 10% deposit. Will be taking out our EPF after we get the S&P. Buying a house entails so much money and extra payments. Hopefully what we have is enough.

At these times, I am glad I did not splurge so much on the wedding. Yes ppl — the thing that you should splurge on is on your future house and home — not on wedding decor or outfits.